Omaha daily bee., 1887-12-23
FUN WITH THE DUMMIES.
They Create Dire CONSERVATION In a
Connecticut Town.

Connecticut Town.
NORWICH. Conn, Dec. 22.-The hot blooded
youths of eastern Connecticut have never
been able to get along amicably with clothing
house dummies. Still life, if it is innocuous,
does not excite them. but the vanished and
naughty mien of a well-dressed dummy is re-
garded as a standing insult to them, and it
affronts their sense of self respect.
Not long ago young man of this city, who
has long, thin, pale, melancholy face, and
who is near-slghted walked down on lonely
Shetucket street one evening just after he
had swallowed his eight tumblers Of Nor
wich hot whisky. There was no one on the
street except dummy, which stood in an
angle of IA clothing house store-door, in the
chill refractcd light of an electric arc. He
stepped up to the manikin and respectfully
add resScd it:
"Will you have the kindness. sir" he said,
"to tell me about what time it is!'
But the dummy was speechless, and it
gazed at him with fixed, polished, and
somewhat supeycilious smile.
''It is possible that you did not hear me-
continued the young man ironically, whose
blood was getting up, "but l asked you a
question and | want an answer, and want it
quick. never ask man but once usually,
and when l ask a man a question once and he
don't answer me hit him. Once more l ask
yOu SIT, Wlal tliile ~ Is, anu Wallu dH All
swer pretty dam quick. You hear"
There was no response from the frozen
creature in the doorway. The Norwich man
danced about it for moment with his hands
up and then he suddenly landed a left-hand
blow under the dummy's jaw 1t was II knock
out hit. The dummy instantly went of his
feet and plunged head foremost through the
glass show window and fell with a hollow,
weird rattle among lot of ready made suits.
knocking over two juvenile dummies in plaid
suits in the window by his fall. The young
man was frightned and he ran off to sa-
loon and breathlessly told all the loungers
there that he had knocked man down be
cause he would not answer a civil question,
and he added
II guess I've killed him.
Next day he paid a fine in the city court for
assault and battery on the dummy, and he
settled Il claim for damages presented by the
merchant who owned and set the dummy.
In New London the other night small
boy named McCreary fooled with Mr. Linni-
Gus cigar dummy, an Indian maiden, carved
| to represent Pocahontas when she was
| eighteen years old, that stands in the
| store door, Il winning smile on her face
| six 5-centers in her left hand, and
| with her right hand pointing over her
| shoulder at Mr.. Linnicus behind the counter
The boy had climbed all over the girl, put
| his arms about her head, scratched the back
| of her neck to convince ANOTHER small boy
| who was looking on that she was harmless
| and was in the act of clambering around t,
| kiss her when she tumbled on him. Boy ant
| maiden went to the sidewalk and the IndiaI
| girl was on top. She was heavy and helC
him there. while the youth wriggled anC
| yelled A crowd gathered and Mr.. Linnicu.
| hurried out and took the girl off Then h,
home, or some real Indian scalping would
| animate the next scene.